February 18, 2018 5:00 AMLONDON • The head of Oxfam has hit back at criticism over a prostitution scandal that he said was "out of proportion", as the British charity agreed not to bid for more government funds until it cleans up its act.

Premature babies that need ventilation to support their breathing often suffer from a condition known as bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Researchers have now discovered a molecular mechanism that plays a key role in the development of the disease.

Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant may want to avoid diets that reduce or eliminate carbohydrates, as they could increase the risk of having babies with neural tube birth defects, according to a new study.

The biggest listeriosis outbreak to date in the world, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is asking victims in South Africa to list everything they can remember eating in the past month with the hopes of identifying a source. Of the 872 confirmed cases, 164 people have died, 43 percent of which were babies less than a month old. “Given the scale of our mystery outbreak,...

Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant may want to avoid diets that reduce or eliminate carbohydrates, as they could increase the risk of having babies with neural tube birth defects, according to a new study.

New research shows a sharp drop in the number of babies born in the United States last year, CBS News reports. An analysis reported in the New York Times found an estimated 3.84 million babies were born nationwide in 2017. That's down more than 100,000 from the year before. The number of people 18 to 30 who say they haven't had sex in the previous year jumped to nearly 20 percent in 2017, compared with about 10 percent in earlier decades. Previous studies have also found that millennials are having less sex than previous generations at that age. One possible culprit? Smartphones, according to the report by The Times' Lyman Stone. "I think the worry is about the decay of social bonds...

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women could preprogram babies to grow into obese children and adults, according to a new study. Researchers found that 6-year-olds born to mothers with very low vitamin D levels during their first trimester had bigger waists -- about half an inch plumper on average -- than peers whose mothers had enough vitamin D in early pregnancy. These kids also had 2 percent more body fat.